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Alan H
@alan678.bsky.social
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Love photography, a few photos actually published. 😁 All photos ( excluding reposts) posted by me belong to me. This is an inclusive of all friendly place. Host #BirdOfTheDay with Rob. #EastCoastKin Arts Collective Member
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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 8h
Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Bugs any bird and bug in one capture. The alt theme is #EverydayBirds birds you see often. Good luck to everyone. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
Male stonechat perched upright on a budding plant stem, holding a bright yellow-and-orange insect in its beak. Its black head, white neck patch, and warm orange chest are lit by golden sunlight against a smooth, pale blue background, with green leaves and rounded buds framing the perch.
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davidst999.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme set by Alan @alan678.bsky.social is #Birds&Bugs any bird and bug in one capture. Struggled with this one. Here are a Reed Warbler, European Dipper, Painted Bunting and a Eurasian Treecreeper. More info in ALT. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme set by Alan @alan678.bsky.social is #Birds&Bugs any bird and bug in one capture. Struggled with this one but here is a Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) with a spider. Taken at El Parque Natural el Hondo, Elche, Province of Alicante, Spain. A White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) aka European Dipper with a larva of some sort. Taken on The Water of Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland. A Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) catching flies in the Florida Everglades. A Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris). If you zoom in to it's beak you can just see what appears to be the carapace of a green beetle it has found in the mossy bark of the tree.
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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clinty1.bsky.social
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, @alan678.bsky.social
the alternate theme is #PaternalCare #Birds Trumpeter Swan family group with the larger adult male ahead of the cygnet. Trumpeter swan are vigilant and highly protective of their cygnets. #Birds #WetlandBirds #Swan #TrumpeterSwan
Trumpeter Swan family group paddling in grey waters. The adults sre large, all white with long black bills. The cygnet is grey and brown and will begin white feathers around year two.
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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jon5cents.bsky.social
🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social says that today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Bugs, any bird and bug in one capture. I've posted from this series, but not this shot (I think...), and the bug is a bit hard to see, but here's a loggerhead shrike trying to keep the young happy. #birds #photography
On top of an aged tombstone, a baby bird appears to be screaming at its parent for food. The parent is facing left with an insect in its beak.
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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mr-write.bsky.social
Good morning friends. It’s Friday eve. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social is #Birds&Bugs. The alt is #EverydayBirds, for which I offer this female cardinal.

#birds #photography #birdphotography #wildlife #animals #EastCoastKin
February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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ali1973.bsky.social
Today’s theme is #Birds&Bugs Here is a Hobby with its dragonfly dinner #BirdOfTheDay #birds 🪶 @robcrank68.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social
A Hobby feeding on the wing eats a dragonfly from its talons.
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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alisonwillis1.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @alan678.bsky.social is #Birds&Bugs, any bird and bug in one capture. A Blue Tit brings a bug for it's young.
February 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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kritzelich.bsky.social
#EverydayBirds (at least as long as I’m in Momella, Tanzania) for #BirdOfTheDay. 🪶
Superb Starling
Common Bulbul
Speckled Mousebirds
Variable Sunbird
An orange Blue starling with white breastband and teal wings perched on an acacia twig A common bulbul ( greyish bird with Black face) is sitting on a powerlifter Two mousebird- grey birds with a crest and black face and white ears patches sitting on a acacia twig Variable sunbirds: small bird with long curved bill, yellow breast and shiny black face on a acacia twig
February 12, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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ktfrost.bsky.social
A female blackbird for @alan678.bsky.social #BirdsAndBugs

#BirdOfTheDay
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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kritzelich.bsky.social
#BirdAndBug for #BirdOfTheDay. 🪶
I don’t know if a tick qualifies as a bug, but if you look closer there’s also the bug.
#HabariNzuri
Portrait of a hoopoe with a tick behind its eye and a bug at the tip of its beak.
February 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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fetchingviolet.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social‬ is #Birds&Bugs any bird and bug in one capture. The alt theme is #EverydayBirds birds you see often.

American Robin

#birdphotography #birds #robin
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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ru12bseen.com
Well, hello there!
This photo makes me grin. What was this bird considering? Must’ve been shocking. #bird #nikon
Grackle stands in a flat feeder tray with a surprised expression
February 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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dianef1224.bsky.social
Per @alan678.bsky.social

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Bugs any bird and bug in one capture. The alt theme is #EverydayBirds birds you see often. Good luck to everyone. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
#photographersunited
Alan, I’m not being Ornery, I see these birds almost Every Day!
A Gull sitting next to me at the Riverfront Pigeon walking on the sidewalk Mallards at the park Many Canada Geese stay at the Shopping Complex where I work
February 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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jancasavant.bsky.social
Today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EverydayBirds you see often. The #TuftedTitmouse is a bird that's here year-round in #Massachusetts. I saw this cutie out during a snowstorm (Westwood, MA - 2/7/26) 😍🪶

#birds #Paridae #EastCoastKin #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdPhotography #OM-1 @alan678.bsky.social
A small Tufted Titmouse with a gray back, wings, tail and crest, black eyes, white front, and rusty-colored flanks. This one was perched on a brown branch of a tree during a snowstorm. You can see white snow falling and some snow on the bird's face. There are more brown branches and white snow in the background.
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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rebeccam31.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social has set the #BirdOfTheDay prompt as #Birds&Bugs. Here are a #RedWingedBlackbird, a #RedVentedBulbul, an #EasternPhoebe, and a #BlueGrayGnatcatcher all with tasty snacks. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
February 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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rigolocations.bsky.social
De retour après une semaine sans accès internet!
#BirdOfTheDay : les insectes #Birds&Bugs
Un malheureux papillon servant de repas à une mésange huppée 🪶🦋
#Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin #LophophanesCristatus #CrestedTit #BirdPhotography #Birds
Une mésange huppée, vue d'assez loin, perchée sur une branche de jeune pin maritime, entourée d'autres branches toutes ornées de pompons d'aiguilles vert tendre. Elle est penchée vers l'avant, ailes entrouvertes et queue levée. Elle tient dans son bec une sorte de petit papillon aux ailes blanc crème déployées.
February 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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saffacheech.bsky.social
Today's them for #BirdOfTheDay is #Birds&Bugs

#WhiteSpectacledWarbler in the first three pics and a #CommonHoopoe

#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Thailand #Kenya
February 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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da-anderson.bsky.social
Another couple for the @alan678.bsky.social #birdoftheday theme #birdsandbugs. This time two Sedge Warblers from the wonderful Little France Park in #Craigmillar. #bird #birds
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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ru12bseen.com
Good morning. Thanks, Alan, for the #birdiftheday theme. #bird&bugs with a bird and bug sharing the shot. This Cactus Wren seems to fit the bill chasing a bug meal. Also, one of the wren collecting nesting material. #nikon #birds
A cactus run takes off from the top of a Saguaro cactus chasing a flying bug. The top of the cactus is in bloom with a white flowers with a yellow sinners, surrounded by buds of other flowers that have not opened with the cactus underneath. Photo of the interior of a cactus showing a cactus wren collecting nesting materials. The bird is a little tricky to see in this one.
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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allanwithll.bsky.social
Have lots of House Sparrows in our garden - always good to see they’re feeding young, especially when it gets me double points on #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Bugs & #EverydayBirds! The less everyday Dipper is one of my favourite birds.
#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#UKwildlife
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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oldmanrambling.bsky.social
Alan’s @alan678.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Bugs. The alt theme is #EverydayBirds birds you see often. Can’t oblige with the bugs - Roberto seems OK with my food and eschews the live variety.
Here he is singing its praises. “Food, glorious bird food.”
#ForJanet #Robin #EastCoastKin
A European Robin, its bright orange/red breast feathers puffed out and beak wide open on song, perches on a branch in a Hydrangea bush. The bird’s grey-brown under plumage is slightly in shadow and the brown wing and tail can just be see as the bird faces to the left but both smal black eyes are just visible. The background is the red brick wall of a terrace house. Camera: iPhone: 15 Pro
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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climbtotheclouds.bsky.social
Good morning.
Allies add courage when walking on ice, towards the ominous.
Have a great day.
#photography #HumansOfBlueSky #sunsets #landscape #sky #clouds #winter #skyscape #EastCoastKin #capecod
Two people walking on the frozen bay. Sky above with thick dark clouds with an orange color shining through with the sun. Skaket Beach Orleans (I do not recommend walking on sea ice, this far out)
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
alan678.bsky.social
Out walking dog folks. Back shortly to have a peek at BOTD. Be good. 😊 #BirdOfTheDay #EverydayBirds
Brown female blackbird standing on a mossy ledge, facing left, with mottled chest feathers and a yellow-tinged bill. Its dark eye is sharply in focus against a soft, blurred green and beige background, highlighting the bird’s rounded body and delicate legs.
February 12, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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sdcushing.bsky.social
Good morning friends! Happy #PalacesandGardens #AllAglow, #UrbanGaze, & #HumansOfBlueSky Thursday. How are you?🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EST here & ☁️, so I’m making our rich & aromatic #BlueBrew coffee. Who’d like a cup?☕️

Coffee or not, please do stop by & say hello!👋

We close at 10:30am 🕥 EST😊
a cup of coffee is being poured into a bowl on a table .
Alt: Coffee is being poured continuously into a bottomless cup
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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listermj.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekFforFramed
Mount Vesuvius framed in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy (May 2025)
#pompeii #vesuvius #italy #archaeology #history #nature #photography #eastcoastkin
A view of Mount Vesuvius through a doorway in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. In the foreground is a large doorway made from red brick with a wooden cross beam and large stones and mortar above the beam. This frames the view of Mount Vesuvius in the background towering above the stone walls of ruined buildings. The sky is blue with some white clouds. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 covered Pompeii in ash and pumice, destroying the city and burying it for centuries. The city was rediscovered in the late 16th century and major excavations began in the mid-18th century and are still ongoing.
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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kalinchen.bsky.social
Good morning everyone out there! My #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Birds&Bugs is a robin - eating a green butterfly caterpillar. #birds
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM